Sidemount Diver Skills
Sidemount is a scuba diving equipment configuration which has diving cylinders mounted alongside the diver, below the shoulders and along the hips, instead of on the back of the diver. It began as a configuration popular with advanced cave divers, as smaller sections of cave can be penetrated and tanks can be changed with greater ease. The same benefits for operating in confined spaces were also recognized by divers who conducted technical wreck diving penetrations.
Sidemount diving is now growing in popularity within the technical diving community for general decompression diving, and is becoming an increasingly popular specialty training for recreational diving.
This video demonstrates the basic skills required for safe sidemount diving.
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That trim and buoyancy under task loading have reached legendary levels.
@MuhammadARadwan
2 жыл бұрын
yeah, i was imagining how she doesn't move up and down lol, amazing skills
@gustavocancel
Жыл бұрын
I was thinking the same thing!! Incredible
That diver has one helluva buoyancy control.
Damn. What buoyancy control. An instructor I trained under had amazing buoyancy control. He would "sit" cross legged in mid water, but these folks would give him a run for his money.
Perfect trim!!! Respect!
Beautiful controlled technique, Perfect trim. A joy to watch
Excellent video, I was looking for something like this. I've done my sidemount training couple years ago but still need to practice. Thanks for this video!
I wish I can have trim and boyancy like this diver. Oh well...got to keep working at it :)
Indeed, perfect trim! Whoaaaa... thanks for making this video!
Beautifully done, Thanks
Watched it a couple of times now... A remarkably good video. Perfect bouancy, perfect skill and clear visible communication. Love it... Music is very nice too ;)
@totheknee
3 жыл бұрын
I couldn't stop watching even though I will probably never do this style of diving. It's amazing to watch.
@ioidt
Жыл бұрын
love the bouncy!
This want informative for me as a diver considering learning sidemount. Thank you!
Amazing video, perfect trim and buoyancy.
Superb video...beautiful to watch your skills👌👌
Godlike buoyancy control skills
Very good Video, very good skill level. Thanx for sharing ! Keep it up
Great video! Thanks for making that!
Very good!! Muito bom!!!
Sehr schön gemachtes Video!
That was a perfect display of technique! Just did my Padi Side mount and need couple more hours training to achieve that!
@mrktmpltn2688
2 жыл бұрын
years. not hours.
@charlesg7926
Жыл бұрын
Lol, I’ve done 60+ sidemount dives and I’m still not there yet
Very nice. Thanks.
This is so peaceful.
Awesome Demo ❤
Thanks for this drill
Why is your left spg I pointed up and your right one down? Spg placement drill?
Nice demo video,, the longhose stowing for us is a bit different as ours needs to be better protected between body and leg...
Niceeee vidio and very useful 🙏🙏
Cool. Perfect trim! Thank you for the video! Just one remark: in my opinion, gauges in sidemount configuration should be between tank and body. It’s not good, when the gauges dangle so...
@mickyoung1707
2 жыл бұрын
If you noticed the guage on the right hand sticks out more as they're not left and right hand valves, so one up one down.
Which fins are those?
Good skills
Just curious, when you stow your long hose it ends up being on the outside of the tank. I understand it's quicker and easier to stow it there, but it can potentially snag/get damaged in restrictive environments. I stow my hose on the inside (closer to the body), to keep everything streamlined and tangle free. Even with this everything gets scratched up! :)
Is that the ADRENALIN 2P THERMAL TOP. Nice vid guys.
Should you not check the flow to your necklace regulator *before* closing the long-hose regulator so you are certain in the training drill that you have a good regulator to switch too?
@scubadiverhaley
5 ай бұрын
Yes, I noticed this too. She should’ve checked.
why the right tank is in wrong position? (the first stage is exposed)
What BCD are you using?
at 10:20-10:30, it says check above when SMB. But can you please explain, check above for what? check what?????? what not to, what to?
@dannyholden5361
3 жыл бұрын
Check for boats or divers or anything else your dsmb is rocketing towards
I have a question on the skills where you bring both cylinders in front. I'm not overhead trained so that's why I want to ask this. If you do this on an overhead environment, would it not mean that you let go of the guide line? Would it not be better to just put 1 cylinder in front and do a no mount with the other clipped on the crotch d-ring? thank you.
@alanstevens949
4 жыл бұрын
It is not necessary to "always" hang onto the line if the visibility is good. If you are going through a squeeze you may want to put one tank in front of you for a smaller profile. I agree with Charles that both tanks is just a drill.
@dannyholden5361
3 жыл бұрын
If your penetrating without a guide line then you may have to get through a thin gap. Most wrecks I’ve done don’t have guide lines. You lay them yourself. Passing the reel to a buddy and moving through may require pushing tanks through.
@mrktmpltn2688
2 жыл бұрын
the guide line is not there for you to hold onto in normal visibility. both tanks in front is just good tv.
Beautiful skills, impressive trim and buyancy. However..I would never fill an SMB with a reg in that way. Too much risk of free flow. Either mount use exhaust to fill it or mount an inflator hose to each bottle.
Why do side mount/Tech divers donate the reg in their mouth then get their spare to breath from ? Why not just donate spare in one action ? Also why is spare reg Yellow inc hose in rec diving ( I assume so they can be seen easily) and in tech/side mount all black ? Just curious.
@sidemountsarge
2 жыл бұрын
Tech diving with a set of doubles/twins = donate what you're breathing. That way you can confirm it's working and also where it is as you're breathing it. Given that the donor isn't the diver having an issue requiring gas donation you can reasonably assume that they will have the mental faculties to swap to the backup which will be under their chin held in place by a bungee necklace. With sidemount adding a long hose allows an option to donate gas when diving in a mixed group. Rec divers have a yellow alternate/safe second/octopus depending on the agency. It originally was an evolution from buddy breathing where having a second demand valve in a bright colour which can be identified and found easily was a good progression.
For cave
😁👌👌👌
what mask are you using
About to do SM course soon. This person(s) skills make me very nervous. I’m not a good diver compared to these people. I’m absolutely rubbish
Why would you stow your long hose on the outside of your cylinder. Easy to damage in the cave. Stow to the inside it’s protected.
1:04 Hose on wrong side
@11:20 The only skill in the entire sequence I'm any good at.